by NRB | 19 Jul 2022 | Fiction |
Toni Jordan’s sixth novel navigates post-lockdown Melbourne with a memorable family. Before the pandemic, Simon Larsen was a successful architect. He had everything a successful person would have – an expensive watch, a luxury car. He, his wife Tansy, and their...
by NRB | 10 Jun 2014 | Fiction |
Galgut’s fictional tribute to EM Forster is a triumph – an elegant, original novel of love and loneliness. In a 1953 interview with the Paris Review, novelist EM Forster was asked about the process of turning a real person into a fictional character. ‘A useful...
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